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india, another rising power and the world's most populous democracy, is traditionally not inclined to support our western inclination to support human rights and economic pressure and military intervention. nor are many of the growing economic power centers in the world, brazil or in the call. not only has the world not converting around our own democratic norms, but according to a survey, global freedom to his third year of decline in 2008, but nearly powerful democratic nations do not share our view of how to conduct foreign policy. the liberal interventionism has generated much debate in britain. but the varying degrees, all have subscribed to it. the economic conditions have enjoyed some support as has military intervention in many countries. iraq being a much more controversial case, but heavily supported at the time. we're all agreed that we would try to intervene in another situation. but in the years and decades to come, the rise of other nations will constrain our ability to act in this way. a further constraint will come in the form of tightly controlled military budgets. th
india, another rising power and the world's most populous democracy, is traditionally not inclined to support our western inclination to support human rights and economic pressure and military intervention. nor are many of the growing economic power centers in the world, brazil or in the call. not only has the world not converting around our own democratic norms, but according to a survey, global freedom to his third year of decline in 2008, but nearly powerful democratic nations do not share...
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on top of that, the huge expansion of economy such as china and india means that in our working lifetimes, the size of the european economy relative to address the world looks set to shrink dramatically. projections have shown europe's share of the world economy declining from 18% to 10% by the middle of the century, and even the united states is not immune from the effect of economic problems. this diminished economic weight will have a major impact on the ability of western nations to achieve their foreign policy goals. we are used to the idea of calling for economic sanctions against nations whose human rights records we find an acceptable. south africa under apartheid being a celebrated example. now we apply them to recalcitrant and regimes. it is already clear that the power of such economic weapons is declining. it follows from this analysis that it will decline much further in the years to come. what is more, much of the economic weight in the world is passing the countries which either do not fully share our concepts of democracy and human rights or for their own reasons are oppos
on top of that, the huge expansion of economy such as china and india means that in our working lifetimes, the size of the european economy relative to address the world looks set to shrink dramatically. projections have shown europe's share of the world economy declining from 18% to 10% by the middle of the century, and even the united states is not immune from the effect of economic problems. this diminished economic weight will have a major impact on the ability of western nations to achieve...
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on his visit to india in 2006, david cameron said he believed it was time for britain and india to forge a new special relationship, focusing particularly on fighting terrorism, protecting the environment, and globalization. india is also leading member of the commonwealth, an organization which has been neglected and undervalued under the labour government in britain. in last year's strategy documents, the only mention of the commonwealth was in the title. it is extraordinary -- it is the unique network of 53 country spanning five continents with 35 of the world's population -- 3 favre% of the world's population. -- 35% of the world's population. a good example of how it could be used is to encourage to take a leading role in addressing state failure, like coordinating a future rehabilitation package for its former member, zimbabwe. if the commonwealth is not the only group of countries where rican recreate historic connections on a new, modern basis. i have long argued that britain should embark on the elevation of its links with many of the countries of the middle east and gulf, not o
on his visit to india in 2006, david cameron said he believed it was time for britain and india to forge a new special relationship, focusing particularly on fighting terrorism, protecting the environment, and globalization. india is also leading member of the commonwealth, an organization which has been neglected and undervalued under the labour government in britain. in last year's strategy documents, the only mention of the commonwealth was in the title. it is extraordinary -- it is the...
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on his visit to india in 2006, david cameron said that he believed it was time for britain and india to forge a new special relationship, focusing particularly on fighting terrorism, protecting the environment, and globalization. india is also a leading member of the commonwealth, which has been valued on to the labour -- which as been devalued in the labour gouvernment. it is extraordinary diversity offers some straight, a unique network of 53 countries spanning five continents with 30% of the world's population. we believe the commonwealth is a tool to be picked up and used more often, to help dialogue and conflict prevention, taking a leading role in addressing state failure by coordinating up future rehabilitation package for its former member, zimbabwe. get the commonwealth is not the only group of countries where we can recreate historic connections on a new modern basis. i have long argued that britain should embark on the elevation of its links with many countries of the middle east in the gulf. not only diplomatically, but in matters of culture, education, commerce, and secu
on his visit to india in 2006, david cameron said that he believed it was time for britain and india to forge a new special relationship, focusing particularly on fighting terrorism, protecting the environment, and globalization. india is also a leading member of the commonwealth, which has been valued on to the labour -- which as been devalued in the labour gouvernment. it is extraordinary diversity offers some straight, a unique network of 53 countries spanning five continents with 30% of the...
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if india start to demand wages similar to what workers in the u.s. would demand, we would see real pressure put on the framers of this economic system? that is definitely a key point. host:"flat broke and the free- market" is the book. jon jeter is our guest. next up is santana from california. caller: i really think got to see somebody is on the air who is not sponsored by the insurance company or coca-cola. i have two questions. first one is globalization. when jamaica became independent, [unintelligible] [unintelligible] when he was in power he gave free education and free health care to everybody. the imf said no, we cannot do that. now everything is [unintelligible] the second one is the bailout. i believe the bailout should be from the bottom up, people who are losing their houses, they are the ones who should be served first. what happened? guest: that is exactly right. you see that all over the world. i have seen in my work hell some many of these programs that were started or the people really want in brazil, where there is a land redistribu
if india start to demand wages similar to what workers in the u.s. would demand, we would see real pressure put on the framers of this economic system? that is definitely a key point. host:"flat broke and the free- market" is the book. jon jeter is our guest. next up is santana from california. caller: i really think got to see somebody is on the air who is not sponsored by the insurance company or coca-cola. i have two questions. first one is globalization. when jamaica became...
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we have to have china and india. we learned that if we go too far with cap and trade, then all we are going to do is chase more jobs to china and india, where they've been putting up coal fire plants every 10 minutes. in some, we have a slew of hearings in three unsuccessful votes on the senate floor, actually, i'd say four, because we rejected the co2 in the beginning. off we go into the august recess, secure in the knowledge that cap and trade is riddled with flaws and the departments are seriously divided over one of president obama's top domestic top priorities. we also know that according to a recent polling, the american public is increasingly unwilling to pay anything as polls have shown to fight global warming. all this does not mean cap and trade is dead and gone. it's alive, as democratic leaders did in the house, eager to distribute pork in unprecedented scales to secure the necessary votes to try to pass this thing. so, be assured, we will mark up legislation in this committee, pass it, and then it will b
we have to have china and india. we learned that if we go too far with cap and trade, then all we are going to do is chase more jobs to china and india, where they've been putting up coal fire plants every 10 minutes. in some, we have a slew of hearings in three unsuccessful votes on the senate floor, actually, i'd say four, because we rejected the co2 in the beginning. off we go into the august recess, secure in the knowledge that cap and trade is riddled with flaws and the departments are...
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energy policies that hurt manufacturing and our economy while allowing our competitors like china and india to pollute freely. we need to look at policies and see what is constructed, in addition, and effected. so these first two policies, the stimulus bill and cap-and-trade, i can tell you what i am against. i'll also tell you what i am for. i know you have questions about the third issue, health care. how many have you think that health care does not need any changes or any type of reform whatsoever? please raise your hand. i always say there is one in the crowd. how many of you say that we got to do something about health care but the approach is what matters? absolutely. the consensus is for reform. but i share your concern that a form for the sake of reform, action for the sake of action is not right. you have to do it right not just do it. what we have seen out of washington is their intent to act quickly. and i think, is a way that is flawed. i will tell you what i am for and what i am against. let me tell you what i am against. [laughter] this is h.r. 3200, a house version of the pr
energy policies that hurt manufacturing and our economy while allowing our competitors like china and india to pollute freely. we need to look at policies and see what is constructed, in addition, and effected. so these first two policies, the stimulus bill and cap-and-trade, i can tell you what i am against. i'll also tell you what i am for. i know you have questions about the third issue, health care. how many have you think that health care does not need any changes or any type of reform...
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>> i don't know of any communication with india. if he is satisfied with the progress, and i don't think anybody is satisfied with progress, i think what he is heartened by is the fact that we have a new commander, a new deputy commander, a new ambassador, a new team that he thinks is better equipped than any other to solve this problem. if it can be solved, it can be solved by this team. that is how he approaches this problem. but i think it is very, very early, too early to be gauging satisfaction of progress. we have just undertaken these major operations as a result of us getting additional forces on the ground. i think anybody who were to make judgments about the direction of things is premature at this time. everybody is very cautious and mindful of the fact that we are early in this new approach by general mcchrystal. at the same time, he has seen signs from the afghan people that if we are there to stay, if we are committed, if we are willing to see this through, that they are with us. they want to support us, but they also
>> i don't know of any communication with india. if he is satisfied with the progress, and i don't think anybody is satisfied with progress, i think what he is heartened by is the fact that we have a new commander, a new deputy commander, a new ambassador, a new team that he thinks is better equipped than any other to solve this problem. if it can be solved, it can be solved by this team. that is how he approaches this problem. but i think it is very, very early, too early to be gauging...
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they want to start the energy race with china and india two laps behind as opposed to three laps ahead. the more energy america can produce, the stronger the american economy will be. energy development creates jobs, not just green jobs, but real red, white, and blue jobs. we need to keep all the american jobs we can. we need them all, and the solution rests on our shores. thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator. >> as i was looking over your testimony, it's clear there's a central message that we have here in the united states right now, the technology, row sources, know how to build a clean energy economy that will create jobs and cut our dependence on foreign oil, reducing pollution. this sounds like a triple win. i look forward to hearing the details from all of you. thank you. >> thank you, senator. senator. >> first of all, i'd like to see thank you for this hearing, and echo the words of my friend from tennessee that if you look at where we get our energy in this country, we are only getting about 1.4 percent from wind. we need to look at nuclear, we need to lo
they want to start the energy race with china and india two laps behind as opposed to three laps ahead. the more energy america can produce, the stronger the american economy will be. energy development creates jobs, not just green jobs, but real red, white, and blue jobs. we need to keep all the american jobs we can. we need them all, and the solution rests on our shores. thank you, madam chairman. >> thank you, senator. senator. >> as i was looking over your testimony, it's clear...
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hurt manufacturing and hurt our economy while at the same time allowing our competitors like china and india to pollute freely at a lower cost basis for energy. so we need to look at policies and see what's constructive, efficient, and effective. so when i'm telling you about these first two policies, the stimulus bill and cap and trade, i can tell you what i'm against. but i also am going to tell you tonight what i'm for. and so i know you've got questions about the third issue i want to mention, health care. how many think that hk doesn't need any changes or any type of reform whatsoever? please raise your hands. i always say there's one in the crowd. how many think that we've got to do something about health care but the approach is what thearts? i share your concern that reform for the sake of reform, action for the sake of action is not right. touf make sure you do it right, not just quickly. and so what we've seen out of washington is their intent to act quickly, and i think in a way that's flawed. so as i told you, i'll tell you what i'm for and what i'm against. let me begin with wha
hurt manufacturing and hurt our economy while at the same time allowing our competitors like china and india to pollute freely at a lower cost basis for energy. so we need to look at policies and see what's constructive, efficient, and effective. so when i'm telling you about these first two policies, the stimulus bill and cap and trade, i can tell you what i'm against. but i also am going to tell you tonight what i'm for. and so i know you've got questions about the third issue i want to...
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hurt manufacturing and hurt our economy while at the same time allowing our competitors like china and india to pollute freely at a lower cost basis for energy. so we need to look at policies and see what's constructive, efficient, and effective. so when i'm telling you about these first two policies, the stimulus bill and cap and trade, i can tell you what i'm against. but i also am going to tell you tonight what i'm for. and so i know you've got questions about the third issue i want to mention, health care. how many think that hk doesn't need any changes or any type of reform whatsoever? please raise your hands. i always say there's one in the crowd. how many think that we've got to do something about health care but the approach is what thearts? i share your concern that reform for the sake of reform, action for the sake of action is not right. touf make sure you do it right, not just quickly. and so what we've seen out of washington is their intent to act quickly, and i think in a way that's flawed. so as i told you, i'll tell you what i'm for and what i'm against. let me begin with wha
hurt manufacturing and hurt our economy while at the same time allowing our competitors like china and india to pollute freely at a lower cost basis for energy. so we need to look at policies and see what's constructive, efficient, and effective. so when i'm telling you about these first two policies, the stimulus bill and cap and trade, i can tell you what i'm against. but i also am going to tell you tonight what i'm for. and so i know you've got questions about the third issue i want to...
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as long as that the economy, the countries that we have most of our trade with, china, japan, and india, and brazil, as long as they are there, been the fta problem is marginal. and then you have done doha round, it essential to poor countries and i think american farmers and ranchers have a bad case that their industry is more restricted and limited by foreign trade and any other. but agriculture is 8% of american exports. it is not going to grow even if there is a successful doha round. i think the administration goes to the public and say that we want to push for doha just as it is, the public should say the president is a smart guy and we trust him. given that trade is a dissident and difficult issue within the democratic party, i think that if the administration is going to make a big push for trade and spend capital on it, it has to have a different agenda that will do more for america as an economy and do more for our national security goals as a nation. let me give three points from my paper that i would like to say. one is, we need to look harder at ourselves and our own polici
as long as that the economy, the countries that we have most of our trade with, china, japan, and india, and brazil, as long as they are there, been the fta problem is marginal. and then you have done doha round, it essential to poor countries and i think american farmers and ranchers have a bad case that their industry is more restricted and limited by foreign trade and any other. but agriculture is 8% of american exports. it is not going to grow even if there is a successful doha round. i...
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i am not sure exactly when india and pakistan became a clear powers, but certainly there are continual threat today. ronald reagan worked hard on non-proliferation as well as negotiating the soviets to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons. the intermediate range nuclear forces that the soviets had it directed toward cities in western europe, and he did that successfully. those weapons were eliminated. the first time in the united states history that the number of nuclear weapons has actually declined on both the soviet and u.s. side. guest: this is the key thing. it happened 20 years ago. up until that time all the other people were getting more and more nuclear weapons. in fact, about 95% came from the soviet union and the u.s. ronald reagan work on it for seven years and finally got the soviets to agree with him. they dropped down about 50% of all their nuclear weapons. it made things a lot better for everyone. it was not finished. there was a lot more work that had to begin. as it happened during the last 20 years not that much was being done. one of the things obama is tryi
i am not sure exactly when india and pakistan became a clear powers, but certainly there are continual threat today. ronald reagan worked hard on non-proliferation as well as negotiating the soviets to eliminate an entire class of nuclear weapons. the intermediate range nuclear forces that the soviets had it directed toward cities in western europe, and he did that successfully. those weapons were eliminated. the first time in the united states history that the number of nuclear weapons has...
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as long as that the economy, the countries that we have most of our trade with, china, japan, and india, and brazil, as long as they are there, been the fta problem is marginal. and then you have done doha round, it essential to poor countries and i think american farmers and ranchers have a bad case that their industry is more restricted and limited by foreign trade and any other. but agriculture is 8% of american exports. it is not going to grow even if there is a successful doha round. igiven that trade is a dissident and difficult issue within the democratic party, i think that if the administration is going to make a big push for trade and spend capital on it, it has to have a different agenda that will do more for america as an economy and do more for our national security goals as a nation. let me give three points from my paper that i would like to say. one is, we need to look harder at ourselves and our own policies. they are not very good. if you look at the american system, we collect $25 million of tariffs every year. that comes from textiles and shoes and luggage. industrie
as long as that the economy, the countries that we have most of our trade with, china, japan, and india, and brazil, as long as they are there, been the fta problem is marginal. and then you have done doha round, it essential to poor countries and i think american farmers and ranchers have a bad case that their industry is more restricted and limited by foreign trade and any other. but agriculture is 8% of american exports. it is not going to grow even if there is a successful doha round....
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the issue of nuclear proliferation, the dangers of war between india and pakistan, the contagion of any kind of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf, the implications regionally and globally should we have to walk away from afghanistan i think are catastrophic. and the american public has to be told that. and because that's going to be necessary for us to be able to sustain our effort there for the amount of time it's going to take. we ought to have realistic expectations about what we can accomplish. but let's not fool ourselves into believing that if bin laden were killed tomorrow that we had an easy exit from afghanistan. >> dave snide. >> yes. i mean, usually -- david? >> if the answer is send more foreign troops to afghanistan you probably asked the wrong question. that being said there is for the current administration really no option except for increasing the commitment. their trend lines are not going the right way. and the surge need to turn things around. but again, building afghanistan. we're seeing some progress in afghan security forces. but this is about no
the issue of nuclear proliferation, the dangers of war between india and pakistan, the contagion of any kind of taliban victory into central asia and into the gulf, the implications regionally and globally should we have to walk away from afghanistan i think are catastrophic. and the american public has to be told that. and because that's going to be necessary for us to be able to sustain our effort there for the amount of time it's going to take. we ought to have realistic expectations about...
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they can go to india and china and have lower wages, lower costs. what is going to keep them here. >> you have raised to a very important questions. -- two very important questions. on cap and trade, the house of representatives have passed a bill that has a lot of problems. we have not gotten a bill in the senate. we understand the kinds of concerns you have raised. we're going to take them up and see to it that we do not have the consequences of exporting jobs or imposing a great tax. you raise a question of employee choice. that bill is in the process of being negotiated. there will not be a time line which will be so fast that people will not have an opportunity to understand what the issue is. you comment about the secret ballot, and i think we have to maintain a secret ballot, which you agree with. we're trying to work through the other facets of it on arbitration, but bearing in mind the concerns and worries that you have raised. no. 24. who has 24? yes, sir? don shapiro in 1997, i was diagnosed with a thyroid condition that put me in the hos
they can go to india and china and have lower wages, lower costs. what is going to keep them here. >> you have raised to a very important questions. -- two very important questions. on cap and trade, the house of representatives have passed a bill that has a lot of problems. we have not gotten a bill in the senate. we understand the kinds of concerns you have raised. we're going to take them up and see to it that we do not have the consequences of exporting jobs or imposing a great tax....
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asked your last guest if he would elaborate -- he conveniently left out -- why are contractors from india dressed as civilians along the afghan-iranian border building pipelines and roads? why did he conveniently leave that out? people need to wake up in this country and what these neo-cons are all about. thank you for allow me to speak. host: thank you for making the call. margaret, republican, mobile, alabama. caller: thank you for taking my call. a question regarding the health care debate. excuse me. all of our representatives and alabama are republican and i have been waiting for them to have town hall meetings so we can join in the debate and i have heard nothing. i have written to our representatives and the only response i get is that they are opposed to president obama's plan but there is nothing about people -- they say nothing about what republican proposals are to do something about the bob cost of health care. so i would like for someone to challenge the republicans to find out what it is they are proposing that you do about the rising cost of health care. host: next comment
asked your last guest if he would elaborate -- he conveniently left out -- why are contractors from india dressed as civilians along the afghan-iranian border building pipelines and roads? why did he conveniently leave that out? people need to wake up in this country and what these neo-cons are all about. thank you for allow me to speak. host: thank you for making the call. margaret, republican, mobile, alabama. caller: thank you for taking my call. a question regarding the health care debate....
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politician-defined, bureaucratically-controlled mess that has no capacity to compete with china and india in the next generation. the decisions that we're making this year, next year, the year after are unbelievably important. your help this summer in making sure that everyone you know calls your congressman and your senators to tell them not to pass a giant energy tax that will crush the economy and not to pass a giant government-run health program that will crush the economy, this summer you have a chance to help change history. your help over the next year in winning the argument on your campus, winning the argument on talk radio, winning the argument in letters to the the editor, going to town hall meetings, arranging for debates on key topics, setting the stage for a 2010 election which sends a signal we want america to get back on the right track. and then through that, setting the stage for the 2012 election where we end up having once again, as with jimmy carter, ensure that liberalism is a one-term experience. i think that's the key to us being successful over the next generation
politician-defined, bureaucratically-controlled mess that has no capacity to compete with china and india in the next generation. the decisions that we're making this year, next year, the year after are unbelievably important. your help this summer in making sure that everyone you know calls your congressman and your senators to tell them not to pass a giant energy tax that will crush the economy and not to pass a giant government-run health program that will crush the economy, this summer you...